Originally Posted by
DTMenace
Pizzaguy
Based upon this latest information from NASA, the orbits of Neptune and Pluto cross each other twice while orbiting the sun. Another assumption is they are not on the same level when the crossing takes place, otherwise a collision would take place creating some type of potential catastrophic event. Too bad this was not a multilevel diagram, providing an answer to this scenario.
Thanks for the post.....
Dennis
DTMenace
Agreed, this is a VERY one-dimensional perspective. I posted it in response to all the "Planetary alignment" posts you see these days. The planets are not aligned, they are simply visible together right now. Were they "aligned", you'd see Jupiter and nothing else, as all the distand planets would be behind Jupiter with Mars in the forground, but overwhelmed by Jupiter. And 12 hours later, you'd see Venus.
This is assuming Earth is part of the alignment. THis is to say that is ALL planets were in a line, you could not see more than Jupiter, Mars in one sky and Venus 12 hours later/earlier.